Thomas Joseph Dowling

Thomas Joseph Dowling
Bishop of Peterborough

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Diocese Hamilton
Installed 1889
Term ended 1924
Predecessor James Joseph Carbery
Successor John Thomas McNally
Other posts Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario (1886-1889)
Orders
Ordination August 7, 1864
Consecration May 1, 1887
Personal details
Born (1840-02-28)February 28, 1840
Shanagolden (Republic of Ireland)
Died August 6, 1924(1924-08-06) (aged 84)
Hamilton, Ontario
Buried Holy Sepulchre Cemetery

Thomas Joseph Dowling (28 February 1840 6 August 1924) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and the second Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough and the fourth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario.

Biography

He was born in Ireland, and educated at St. Michael's College, Toronto. He was parish-priest at Paris, Ontario, for 22 years, administrator of the diocese of Hamilton in 1883, he was named bishop of Peterborough in 1887 and on May 1, received his episcopal consecration at St. Mary's Cathedral, Hamilton,[1] from Archbishop John Joseph Lynch, C.M., with Bishops James Joseph Carbery and Thomas Timothy O’Mahony serving as co-consecrators. He was transferred to the bishopric of Hamilton in 1889.

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